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Big Levers
The high-stakes decisions: careers, giving, and the handful of choices that shift outcomes by orders of magnitude.
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The policy donation
Funding advocacy that changes a law can be 100x more cost-effective than funding the service that law would have provided. Most donors never consider it.
7 May 2026 · 7 min read
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The political donation
A dollar spent on policy advocacy can unlock thousands in government funding. But the maths is messier than it sounds.
4 May 2026 · 7 min read
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The lead crisis nobody talks about
One in three children worldwide has dangerous lead levels. The fix costs $4.49 per year of healthy life saved. Almost nobody is funding it.
3 May 2026 · 7 min read
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The legacy pledge
A gift in your will costs nothing in your lifetime but could be the largest donation you ever make. UK legacy giving tops £4 billion a year. Few consider it.
1 May 2026 · 7 min read
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The donor-advised fund
Donor-advised funds hold $234 billion and growing, the fastest-growing vehicle in philanthropy. What they are, when they make sense, and the controversy.
28 April 2026 · 7 min read
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The employer match
Your employer probably offers to match your charitable donations. Most eligible employees never claim it. Billions left on the table every year.
26 April 2026 · 7 min read
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The pension tilt
Switching your pension to a climate-tilted fund has roughly 21x the carbon impact of going vegetarian. Most people never look at what it invests in.
24 April 2026 · 7 min read
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The tax wrapper
Gift Aid adds 25% to every UK donation for free. Most donors don't claim it or don't understand why it exists. Here's how giving tax relief really works.
22 April 2026 · 7 min read
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Career capital in your thirties
The decade you most want to coast is the one that most determines your lifetime earnings, leverage, and options. Here's the case for not coasting.
21 April 2026 · 7 min read
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The housing decision
Where you live determines most of your lifetime carbon, most of your savings rate, and most of your time. It gets less scrutiny than the car.
20 April 2026 · 7 min read
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The five percent rule
A tiny number of decisions do almost all the work in a life spent trying to do good. Here are the five that matter.
17 April 2026 · 7 min read